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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who in Ireland is worrying Richard in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Vikings.
(b) Murderers.
(c) Rebels.
(d) Gypsies.

2. "Well, he is gone, and with him go these thoughts." Who says this?
(a) Richard.
(b) Green.
(c) Lord Aumerle.
(d) Bagot.

3. "More welcome is the stroke of death to me than Bolingbroke to England." Who says this?
(a) Richard.
(b) York.
(c) Bushy.
(d) Green.

4. Where does Richard say he is to go immediately following Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) To eat dinner with the Queen.
(b) To ride his horse.
(c) To prepare his army's generals.
(d) To see Gaunt.

5. Which of the following character is not in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Bushy.
(b) Willoughby.
(c) Aumerle.
(d) Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many characters speak in Act 1, Scene 2?

2. Who is at Bristow Castle in Act 2, Scene 2?

3. Which of the following lines is what the Queen says to the bearer of the news of Bolingbroke?

4. What is the major concern of Act 2, Scene 4?

5. What adjective does Richard use to describe Bolingbroke that is condescending?

Short Essay Questions

1. When is it apparent in the play that Richard will be succeeded?

2. How does Bolingbroke handle the murder of Richard?

3. What happens after Aumerle and his family enter Act 5, Scene 3?

4. What is the news that ultimately destroys Richard's spirits? What does he do?

5. How does Gaunt try lifting Bolingbroke's spirits? Does it work?

6. How does Bolingbroke justify taking license to execute?

7. What worries the men in Act 2, Scene 4?

8. How is Richard's kingship represented in Act 1, Scene 1?

9. What happens at the end of Act 5, Scene 1? What does this say of York?

10. How is Act 1, Scene 1 different after the revelations of Scene 2?

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